Curtain-pole bracket.



W. S. MOFPAT.

CURTAIN POLE BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED MAILYZQ, 1912.

Patented July 23, 1912.

INVE/VTUR M W. Max

ATTORNEY UNITED $TATTE VIILLIAM FAETEEQT @FFICE ROVJLAND TEANUFACTURINGCQRIPAITZ, 13F \VATERJILLE, CONNECTICUT, A O0R- PORATIQN OF CONNECTICUT.

CURTAIN-POLE BRACKET.

noseeeoi To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that L ll nirmiu S. Moriwr, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Pittsburgh. in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have made and invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Curtain-Pole Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to curtain pole brackets, and more particularly toan auxiliary bracket adapted for use in connection with a bracket properand whereby to se cure or hold in place a second or auxiliary curtainrod in proper position with relation to the rod held in place by thebracket proper.

lleretofore the ordinary form of auxiliary bracket comprised a clampingmember for supporting the auxiliary bracket on the bracket proper,member for receivingand containing the end of the auxiliary curtainpole, a clamping or set C(ZXQ'W for retaining the auxiliary bracket. inplace on the bracket proper, and ii set screw for retaining the aurilistain rod in place in its respective member. This term or type ofbracket i; ily an expensive one and itis the ohiecr my present inventionto so conzct nnsirticle of this kind that the cost th mt wilt bematerially reduced and at the same time he just as neat and attractive.in appearance and rate with the 8311118 821 66- tiven as the HTLI.expensive one.

' in other ends in view the in- .s in certain n-fiyel features of hehereinafter fully denut in the claim, Figure 1 is a YlOW shaw or theends of: y two of my improved VlW showing my inr et partly in sideelevation and ion; and Fig. 3 a View showupon 1: plane indicated by thevention con construction scrmed and pen H In the drawing:

n rods fl o he understood that my in -y he used in connectiontlie formsof curtainpole the oniiillustrated in ings heingol the common orordinary type and ciunrises one or more erms, such as 4%, etening-nutwardly from the surface to W on the b1? chat is secured and whichbracket is-adapted to support a. main 19a ten ted July 23, 1912 SerialNo 681 ,1 31.

L its spans My improred auxiliary bracket includes also a cl-shapedclamping member having side arms 7 with holes or openings through whichan auxiliary curtain rod 8 may extend and a connecting portion 9 wherebythe si-de arms are connected with one another, and which connectingportion is provided with 21v threaded opening through which passes screw10. The said clamping member is designed to fit over one of the arms 4;aforesaid as shown, from which it foll'ol s'tlmt when the auxiliary rodis in place, the same maybe drawn against one surface of the nrni'as thescrew 10 is forced ngainst'tlie opposite surface thereof, whereby theseveral parts are drawn and clamped together. and held in Whateverposition they may he placed.

It. will be obvious that the U-shaped clamping member may be adjustedalong the arm to which it secured to thereby vary the position of theauxiliary rod relatively to the main ror. end that the auxiliary rodwill be held in its adjusted position and prevented from moving alongits axis by the said clamping member, The act of tightening screwtherefore, serves to secure the uxiliery rod in its required positionand to secure it mo ement; and, the auxiliary rod being clamped to thebracket as! distinguished from being merely sup ported therefrom, thesame serves to strengthen the entire curtai supporting fixture as thebrackets .upon the sides of the Window will be connected with oneanother or tied together by the auxiliary rod.

From the foregoing it will he understood that improved device isexceedingly simple in constrnctir neat and attractive in eppeerance,and, reason of the fact that. the structure h en much simplified andseveral parts which have heretofore been necessary i the usualconstruction of bracket, the cos thereof is materiallv reduced.

What I claim is A curtain pole bracket having an arm extending outwardlyfrom the surface to which the same is secured, and which bracket isadapted to support. a curtiin pole at its free end; a U-shaped clampingmember supported by and adjustable along the arm aforesaid of thebracket, said clamping member having two side arms and a connectingportion whereby the arms are connected with one another at one end andsaid arms having each a hole adjacent its free end through which holesan auxiliary curtain rod may extend; and a clamping screw extendingthrough the connecting portion of the clamping member and the end ofwhich is adapted to engage the arm aforesaid of the bracket.

Signed at Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, this 15 27 day of March A. D. 1912.

l/VILLIAM S. MOFFAT. Witnesses:

EDWARD L. MERRILL, ALICE A. TBILL.

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